Jean-Claude Juncker Quotes

It's to come up with a deal that both sides feel they can live with. And I think that that's probably where we're going to end up. I think that Donald Trump has people working for him who are ultimately deal-makers. And the Canadians are the same way. They're grownups about this. That's why you saw the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau not respond to Trump with the same rhetoric, but to talk about the strength of the relationship and the desire for a deal.

Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.

Successful diplomats must always be conscious of other parties' need to know how an agreement serves their interests and how it can be sold back home.

We think that without cooperation with the Russians, we cannot achieve our goals.

Negotiation is often described as the art of letting the other side have your way. You have to give the other side a chance to put stuff on the table voluntarily.

If the United Kingdom considers it necessary to start a dialogue on certain issues, we are ready for that, we are not going to pout or sulk. We take quite a pragmatic approach towards cooperation with our partners and we believe that it would be beneficial for both our countries.

It will be quite satisfactory if you open them gradually, as the circumstances may require; but the President assures you that this will not be the case if you make a treaty with England first.

That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree.

Alliances and partnerships produce stability when they reflect realities and interests.

In a world where global politics is no longer a zero-sum game, it is - or should be - counterintuitive to pursue one's interests without considering the interests of others.

I'm committed to fulfilling my promises to my people, including my pledge to engage in constructive interaction with the world.

A constructive approach to diplomacy doesn't mean relinquishing one's rights. It means engaging with one's counterparts, on the basis of equal footing and mutual respect, to address shared concerns and achieve shared objectives.

Diplomacy is fundamentally working with people, bringing people together to deal with difficult issues.

At Geneva, the neutral states were often in agreement concerning the preliminaries for Genoa, and Genoa itself was marked by a quite natural mutual exchange of ideas.

By dedicating so much concentration to the issue of security, bilateral matters pass to a secondary level.

Conciliation is not capitulation, nor is compromise to be deemed equivalent to imbalanced concession.

Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth.

The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the same kind of a treaty, and Japan will be safe thereafter.

Politicians make pacts; people make peace.

Peace is something that unfortunately cannot be made unilaterally.

It seems to me to matter little whether you have an alliance which is committed to paper, or whether you have an understanding in the minds of the statesmen of the respective countries.

Sometimes, concessions in strategy that we thought undesirable had to be made to our allies.

We won't make concessions [to terrorists] but other governments can make them on our behalf.

In accommodation with other Powers, differences of opinion must be looked for, even those most agreed on the same general views.

Talks are not the same thing as agreements.